[Aleya2Fairlie]

Gestation crates that restrict a pregnant sow from lying down or lowering their heads are absolutely necessary to save piglets from their own brainless mothers. A sow will joyfully wallow on her brood with no clue that she is killing them. It is also quite common for a sow to eat it’s young as they are born.

I can understand that present generations become animal activists through lack of practical experience. No one condones animal torture but neither can the world be supplied with needed hemi protein and still provide animal utopia for food species before slaughter. Farm life instills much needed realism but not everyone can have it.

Watching a sow calmly devouring her own squealing, writhing piglet that has just dropped from her body might just impress upon you the necessity of farrowing crates.

[big'ol_freeper]

I think those two responses technically count as a “bitch slapping”.

I appreciate your insightful information PP and A2F.

[dfwgator]

Please don’t interject facts into this thread, you’re spoiling all the fun.

[SCalGal]

Gestation crates that restrict a pregnant sow from lying down or lowering their heads are absolutely necessary to save piglets from their own brainless mothers. A sow will joyfully wallow on her brood with no clue that she is killing them. It is also quite common for a sow to eat it’s young as they are born.

A lot of these videos are staged to get exactly the emotional reaction that we see on this thread.

I once had a student who didn't eat eggs that came from chicken butts. He got his at the grocery store like "normal" people.

[BfloGuy]

I can understand that present generations become animal activists through lack of practical experience.

That about explains all the hysteria.

[fortheDeclaration]

No one condones animal torture but neither can the world be supplied with needed hemi protein and still provide animal utopia for food species before slaughter

No one is talking about 'animal utopia' just human decency! (Pr.12:10)

[TribalPrincess2U]

I was raised on a farm. I know pigs very well.